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Planet Puffin Ep5: Rough Seas and a Wreck, BBC Radio 4, June 4, 2019.
Puffin Interview with Julia Parrish, CTV News, May 31, 2019
"Puffins found starving to death in mass die-off likely linked to climate change, study suggests", CBC News, May 30, 2019.
"Why hundreds of Puffins Washed Up Dead on an Alaskan Beach" The Atlantic, May 29, 2019.
"Mass Die-off of Puffins Raises More Fears About Arctic's Warming Climate" Inside Climate News, May 29, 2019.
"Thousands of seabirds starved to death in the Bering Sea - and scientists see evidence of climate change" Washington Post, May 29, 2019.
"Climate crisis may be a factor in tufted puffins die-off, study says" The Guardian, May 29, 2019.
"Tufted puffin the Arctic's Latest Victim of Climate Change" Courthouse News Service, May 29, 2019.
"Puffins are dying in large numbers in the Bering Sea" Mashable, May 29, 2019.
"Climate change is causing mass 'die-offs' in seabirs such as puffins" The Conversation, May 29, 2019.
"Dead Common Murres found along most of Mendocino County's coastline" Fort Bragg Advocate-News, May 25, 2019.
"Major die-off of Common Murres under way along the Mendocino Coast" Fort Bragg Advocate-News, May 25, 2019.

COASST Update

"Northern California Common Mortality Fact Sheet", June 13, 2019.

COASST Update - Archives

"Alaska Seabird Die Off Update", August 8, 2018
"Common Murre Mortality Fact Sheet", December 21, 2017
"Bearing Sea Seabird Die Off Update", December 2017
"Mass Mortality of Tufted Puffins", November 4, 2016
"Rhinoceros Auklet Salish Sea Unusual Mortality Event", August 9, 2016.
"Murres on the Beach in 2015", December 2015.
"Cassins Auklet North Pacific Winter Wreck", January 22, 2015

What's Washed In - Archives

In the Wings - Archives

News - Archives

"Seabirds and Mammals in an Ice-Free Alaska with Donna Hauser, Timothy Jones, Darren Pilcher", Connecting Alaska: Nature and Environment: Episode 56. January 29, 2019.
"How to participate in science without a fancy degree", The Daily, December 6, 2018.
"In Alaska, Starving Seabirds and Empty Colonies Signal a Broken Ecosystem", September 11, 2018.
"Nights in the lives of the rhinoceros auklets of Protection Island" Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, August 24, 2018.
"Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean", August 11, 2018
"'The Blob,' a marine heat wave, caused massive die-off of West Coast birds" The Seattle Times, June 2, 2018
"What caused 2014's bird die-off on the Pacific coast? Scientists blame the Blob" Geek Wire, June 5, 2018.
"Citizen science programs integral to supporting coastal research" The Daily Astorian, March 5, 2018
"Citizen science sees results" The Daily, February 12, 2018
"Citizen Scientists Study Seabirds " IIPR, December 6, 2017
"Dead Reckoning: Guardians of the Dead" Lost Coast Outpost, November 23, 2017
"Volunteers track dead birds as indicator of coast's health" Associated Press, November 8, 2017
"For third year in a row, Alaska seabirds wash up dead" Alaska Public Media, September 13, 2017
"Hundreds of dead birds found on Bering Sea shores" Alaska Dispatch News, September 11, 2017
"A Citizen Effort to Document and Collect Alaska Bird Carcasses" We Alaskans, May 7, 2017
"Drawing Meaning from Death, One Seabird at a Time" Hakai Magazine, May 2, 2017
"Puffin Die-Off On St. Paul Island May Point to Larer Ecosystem Problems" KUCB, December 7, 2016
"Hundreds Of Tufted Puffin Deaths Suggest Dangers of Warming Seas" Audubon, November 23, 2016
"From Coast to COASST " The Daily of the University of Washington, November 21, 2016
"Hundreds Of Dead Puffins Are Mysteriously Washing Ashore in Alaska" Huffington Post, November 18, 2016
"Large Puffin Die-Off Seems Linked to Warm Conditions" Homer Tribune, November 17, 2016
"Large Die-Off of Tufted Puffins in Pribilof Islands Seems Linked to Unusual Warm Spell" Alaska Dispatch News, November 14, 2016
"'We've Never Seen Anything Like This': Hundreds of Dead Puffins Wash Ashore in the North Pacific" EcoWatch, November 10, 2016
"Puffins Are Starving to Death in Incredible Numbers" Newser, November 9, 2016
"Huge Puffin Die-Off May Be Linked to Hotter Seas" National Geographic, November 8, 2016
"The Blob That Cooked the Pacific " National Geographic, September 2016
"'The Blob': How Marine Heatwaves are Causing Unprecendented Climate Chaos" The Guardian, August 14, 2016
"Following seabird die-off, citizen science project expands in Alaska " KHNS, June 15, 2016
"Citizen Science Can Help Manage Marine Treasures " Cascadia Weekly, June 1, 2016
"Massive Bird Die-Off Puzzles Alaskan Scientists " LiveScience, February 1, 2016
"Seward volunteers tracking dead murre numbers in Alaska's Resurrection Bay " KTVA Alaska, January 14, 2016
"Dead murres pile up on beach " Homer News, January 7, 2016
"Murre Die-off around Kachemak Bay in Thousands " KBBI, December 22, 2015
"The Blob is no laughing matter for marine life, birds" Chinook Observer, December 2, 2015
"Seabird deaths, warm oceans, algal blooms puzzle scientists" Homer News, August 27, 2015
"Scientists searching for answers in bird die-off" Cannon Beach Gazette, August 26, 2015
"Sea change: Here's what's wrong in the Pacific Ocean" The Oregonian, July 31, 2015
"The Ecology Hour" KZYX Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, June 23, 2015
"Volunteer along the seaside with UW's COASST program" The Whole U, April 24, 2015
"Pacific Seabirds Dying in Record Numbers" CCTV America, March 29, 2015
"Warming West Coast Waters Upset Food Chains" Science Friday, March 20, 2015
"From sea lions to penguin chicks adorable animals are dying in droves" Grist, March 20, 2015
"Unprecedented wreck of Cassin's Auklets along US Pacific Coast" BirdGuides, February 5, 2015
"Mass seabird deaths on Pacific coast of North America" Birdwatch, February 5, 2015
"Pacific Seabird Die-Off Highlights Fragility of Ocean Food Web" The Pew Charitable Trusts, January 30, 2015
"Mass Death of Seabirds in Western U.S. is 'Unprecedented'" National Geographic News, January 23, 2015
"Researchers Wait for Answers Amid Mysterious Mass Seabrd Die-Off in Region" Peninsula Daily News, January 12, 2015
"Dead Birds Washing Ashore By The Thousands on Pacific Coast Baffle Scientists" The Weather Channel, January 11, 2015
"Biologists mystified by seabird die-off on West Coast" CBC News As it Happens, January 6, 2015
"Cassin's Auklets found washed up along B.C. coast" CBC News Daybreak North, January 6, 2015
"Oregon coast seabird deaths could continue through winter, wildlife official says" The Oregonian, January 6, 2015
"Cassin's Auklets found washed up near Tofino" CBC News, January 6, 2015
"Small seabirds washing up dead on Northwest beaches" Oregon Public Broadcasting, January 5, 2015
"Pacific Coast Sea Bird Die-Off Puzzles Scientists" New York Times, January 3, 2015
"Why is the beach covered in dead birds?" Statesman Journal, January 2, 2015
"Bird carcasses along Pacific shore baffle biologists?" Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2015
"COASST volunteers help collect data on dead birds to help others live" HeraldNet, November 30, 2014
"Citizen science key to keeping pace with environmental change" UW Today, October 11, 2014
"Citizen Science Aims to Clean Up Pacific Plastics" LiveScience, July 28, 2014
"The importance of counting dead birds" Forks Forum, June 12, 2014, pg. 6
"A Model of Scientific Rigor(mortis)" OnEarth, Fall 2013, pg. 21
"COASST Volunteers Track Birds" Forks Forum, July 18, 2013
"Beached bird program makes everyone a scientist" UW Daily, November 20, 2012
"Non-scientists Collect Key Conservation Information About Seabirds" LiveScience, October 19, 2012
"The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement" Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, August 2012
"Beached Birding: Volunteers help scientists collect data on shoreline carcasses" The Daily News Online, July 26, 2012
"Earth Day: Six ways to help scientists in your own back yard" Photo Gallery, The Washington Post, April 20, 2012, pg. 6
"Novel Answer to That Perennial 'Earth Day' Question: 'What Can I Do to Help?'" National Science Foundation article, April 19, 2012
"Peninsula Woman: Educator learns as she teaches volunteers about marine life" COASST Volunteer Coordinator, Janet Lamont, featured in the Peninsula Daily News, March 27, 2011
"Sink to Sound: Scientists use the public to study and protect the environment" Columns, The University of Washington Alumni Magazine, March 2011, pg. 14
"Natural Causes Reason for Dying Birds" Siuslaw News Online, November 9, 2010
A letter from COASST Executive Director Julia Parrish about the Deep Water Horizon spill
"Redefining the term 'Hip to be Square'...Introducing Dr. Julia Parrish", Interview with Dr. Carn Bondar, June 28, 2010
"The value of Dead Bird Watching", Miller-McCune, 15 June 2010
"The Wreck: Scientists seek clues in seabird die-offs", High Country News, December 07, 2009
"Trying to crack an ocean mystery: What caused killer algal blooms?", Seattle Times, November 29, 2009
"Algae bloom killing seabirds mystifies researchers", Seattle Times, October 30, 2009
"Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning?" The Oregonian, October 28, 2009
"Foam from ocean algae killing thousands of birds", Oregon Live.com (The Oregonian), October 22, 2009
“Keeping an Eye on the Coast”, The World (Coos Bay, OR), November 22, 2008
“Seabird Signals”, National Wildlife Federation, August/September 2008
“Struggling Seabirds”, San Francisco Chronicle, April 3 2007
“For the Birds”, The News Guard (Lincoln City, OR), November 29 2006 (PDF)
“Coast Walkers”, Homer News (Calender), September 28 2006 (PDF)
“Bird Die-Off Puzzles Scientists”, News-Times (Newport, OR), March 24 2006 (PDF)
“Dying By the Scores: Seabirds Washing Ashore on Oregon Beaches”, Seattle Times, March 21 2006
“Still Looking”, Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times magazine), September 4 2005
“Oceanic Oddity Over; Concerns Linger”, Seattle Times, August 22 2005
“Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists”, Associated Press (published: San Francisco Chronicle, SiliconValley.com, USA Today, ENN, SanLuisObispo.com, Yahoo!News, CNN), August 1-2 2005
“Warmed Oceans May Be Killing West Coast Marine Life”, Seattle Times, July 13 2005
“Clue No. 1: It's Dead, Oregonian”, March 23, 2005
“Telltale Signs”, Peninsula Daily News, June 8 2003 (PDF)
“Murre-Maid of Tatoosh”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 11 2001